A Little About Me...as Requested

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Registered: 08-07-2005
A Little About Me...as Requested
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Mon, 08-08-2005 - 9:45pm

Hi...
I have my profile filled out so all the nitty-gritty can be seen there...

But, I will introduce myself. As my name indicated, I am Sveva. I frequent the WebMD boards as well, and that is where/when I re-named myself after a little girl in the movie I Dreamed of Africa. I fell in love with the name, but since my baby-making days are over I decided to use it for my alter-ego until I get a granddaughter...many MANY moons from now!

I am a Navy wife, a mother of 3 very active kids. A boy 13, a boy who will be 12 end of August, and a daughter who is 10 (who has promised to name her daughter Sveva) I am birthing a new business as a Handbag Designer. It has been slow going, but hope to get back in full swing in the Fall. I want to have a large inventory to take to crafters' markets for the Christmas Season.

In my teens I was Anorexic getting to my lowest at 98 pounds. The Dr wanted to hospitalize me and give me tube feeding, but I refused and promised to start eating. That was harder than stopping the over-eating that got me to 265 pounds.

I began this journey of healthy eating and exercise in June, after seeing a picture of myself back-to and realizing just how enormous I was. Since I weighed-in on 22 June/05, I have lost 52 pounds. I am now 213 pounds. I am eating healthy (between 1200 -1500 calories a day...which the Dr approved), and exercising an hour a day...which is usually swimming as I HATE to be sweaty! I took a week off exercising last week as I recovered from a Kidney Infection and Protienuria. Once the fluid was gone, I lost 22 pounds, which has brought me to my current 213 pounds. I have 68 left to go to reach my goal of 145 pounds. I have given myself until May (DD Birthday) to do it.

As I said, I frequent the WebMD Boards, particularly the Fibromyalgia Board as I suffer from this Invisible Illness.

I think that about covers me, along with all the questions I answered last night in my profile. Thank you for welcoming me here. Best of luck to us all on this journey to health.

Better Days,
Sveva

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Tue, 08-09-2005 - 10:49am
Thanks for the info Sveva!

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Fear

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Registered: 07-29-2005
Tue, 08-09-2005 - 2:13pm

Welcome to the board Sveva. Glad to see a new person...as I am new as well. I have found alot of great advice and encouragement, I hope you will find the same :)

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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 11:02pm

Hi Giggles,
Thanks for the welcome. Is this a slow board? It seems to be. It just seems slow all around. I am cross posting here, the Fit at 30, and the Dr Phil ones, and they all seem slow. Or maybe I am just used to a little more as WebMD are pretty fast and I have a hard time keeping up...can't please me LOL!

Best of luck to you on your journey to health and wholeness!

Better Days,
Sveva

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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 11:25pm

Hi Sveva, actually this is my first board to post on....so I'm not a good one to ask if it is slow or not. It fits my needs well :) When im at work I get on and read the posts...and try to reply or give feedback. I get on again at night.

How is your week going? Mine overall is pretty good :) I just got back from the gym and im eating a popsicle....mmmmm very tasty and only 48 calories (Philly Swirl).

Hope you have a greattttttttt day tomorrow!

GiGGles ;-)
312/309/165

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Thu, 08-11-2005 - 3:30pm

Way To Go! Going to the gym is an excellent step in this journey.
I just got back from the pool, but really was not in the mood to be there, did not want to swim, just, really, wanted to come home and cry cuz got into a fight with hubby just before Karen picked me up to go to the pool. We ended up only swimming a half hour instead of the usual hour. I got weighed again and lost another 3 pounds for a total of 56. Only 64 to go. I think I can, I think I can, I think... You know the rest.
I am glad that your week is going well. Keep up the great work!

Better Days,
Sveva

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Registered: 08-31-2004
Fri, 08-12-2005 - 10:21am
Hi Sveva and welcome to the board!
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Fri, 08-12-2005 - 12:03pm
Wooooo Hooooo on losing more weight Sveva! Congratulations ;-) I think it is great that even though you had a fight with your hubby you pushed through and still worked out...way to go. Wow, when I was at the gym yesterday I pushed myself like never before...I really felt myself getting smaller...hehe....needless to say I had a great workout. I was very proud that I finally did the 3 miles on the treadmill and on elliptical (combined). I had a great day yesterday up until last night...just look at my journal, im disgusted with myself for making poor decisions. I'm back on track this morning though and will be going to the gym tonight...I hope I get there before they close though.
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Fri, 08-12-2005 - 4:27pm

Well, that is the good thing about slipping up, we can always get ourselves back on track the very next day. One day of "Diet Sabbotage" will not kill the diet. Good for you for having such a great attitude.

After my fight with hubby and swim, I had a "stitch & bitch" with my friend. Then when she got home, she had a FIGHT with her hubby, and moved her daughter and herself in here with us at 2:30 this morning til she can get into an apartment on Monday. Now my petty fight seems so meaningless...A chasing after the wind, as Ecclessiastes says.

Better Days,
Sveva